Ionian Revolt Flashcards
What year did the Ionian Revolt start?
499 BCE
Who were the key players in the Ionian Revolt?
Aristogoras
Artaphernes
Darius the First
Aristocrats of Naxos
Which city exiled their aristocrats who then approached Aristogoras?
The city of Naxos
Why did Aristogoras agree to help reinstate the aristocrats?
He saw it as an opportunity to expand his tyranny to Naxos alongside Miletus
Which two people did Aristogoras have to get permission from before he could invade Naxos and what were their roles in the Persian Empire?
Artaphernes (The Satrap of Sardis)
Darius (The King of Persia)
Why does the invasion fail? And what does Aristogoras do to avoid punishment from his superiors?
Naxos finds out beforehand, has time to build defences
Aristogoras decides to revolt against Persia by revoking his title of Tyrant of Miletus and urges other city states in Ionia to do the same
Which two Greek cities agree to help Miletus revolt?
Athens and Eretria
Why do Athens + Eretria agree to help? And how do they contribute to the revolt?
General dislike of the Persians (Athens)
Held a war debt to Miletus (Eretria)
Between them, they sent 20 warships
Where do the revolters land and where do they attack?
They land on Epheus and attack Sardis
What do the revolters burn? And how do the Persians react?
A temple dedicated to the goddess Cybele
Persian forces easily push the revolters back to the beach of Epheus
Athens and Eretria flee back to mainland Greece
What is the aftermath of the failed revolt?
Miletus is burned to the ground
Aristogoras is forced to flee to Thrace
Beginning of Darius’ anger towards Athens + Eretria (motivation for the 492/490 expeditions)
According to Herodotus, how did Darius make sure he never forgot the Athenian involvement in the Ionian revolt?
He had a servant whisper down his ear to remember the Athenians after dinner
